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Codejockeys Assess the Risks and Rewards of Next-gen SQL Server

Microsoft says SQL Server 2005 is its most developer-friendly RDBMS ever, with improved integration via Visual Studio .NET and support for the .NET framework. Some skeptics say Microsoft is courting disaster.

High Finance Learns a New Language

It won’t be long before government regulators, tax authorities and market exchanges require enterprises to use eXensible Business Reporting Language for financial data.

Tools to Master the Sarbanes-Oxley Challenge

Although there are many products designed to help enterprises comply with fed regs, analysts warn that most are incomplete and do not do enough to reduce complexity.

5 Steps to Successful EA Adoption

Architects could learn a few things from the U.S. federal government, which has had success with its use of EA.

Shifting Paradigms Bring New Technology

Computer-industry shifts seem to happen whenever there''s a significant change to the user interface.

Sun to Open Source Server-Side Java

Sun Microsystems President and COO Jonathan Schwartz said that the open implementation of Java will be good for business.

Special Report: Web Analytics

What’s important on the Web is who you know.

Web Services: Standards Breed Like Crazy...

Asked to rate Web services standards according to how familiar they were, developers identified only a handful for which they had a working knowledge.